Old School Trolling organizes fishing trips on the northern parts of Lake Saimaa in Eastern Finland all year round.
The Fishing Cottage of Old School Trolling is best suited and especially equipped for sports fishermen groups of 4 to 6 people, families or couples.

Fishing Trips on Lake Saimaa

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Fishermen Group from Belarus on Lake Saimaa, July 2015

We spent a one-week
fishing holiday at Cottage Jokiniemi in the village of Savonranta.

We planned to
have a fishing week at Lake Saimaa area and saw the proposal of Old School
Trolling. I wrote an email to the company owner Mr. Jari Kayhko and received a reply
with a detailed description of the cottage, boats and other equipment. All very
clear and quick!

Location of Fishing Cottage Jokiniemi on Lake Saimaa

We travelled 1200 km from Belarus to Finland by using route Minsk–Vilnius–Riga–Tallinn–Helsinki–Savonranta.
The roads are excellent. On the way to Helsinki, we stopped for a night in Tallinn.
On our way back home, two drivers did it without any stops.

When we arrived at Cottage Jokiniemi, our host Jari Kayhko was waiting for us
and showed the cottage and house equipments for us. This fishing cottage is
located only 30 meters from Lake Saimaa.

Fishing Cottage Jokiniemi on Lake Saimaa

It had more than everything needed for
a one-week stay for fishing: a spacious living room, kitchen with everything you
need, including a dishwasher, two separate bed rooms, a sauna. The house is
clean, comfortable and it can accommodate six people easily.

Fishing Cottage Jokiniemi on Lake Saimaa

On the shore there were two boats filled with petrol and equipped with sonars,
all ready for us! There was also other gear ready for us, including excellent
casting and spinning rods for trolling, lots of spinners and Softbait lures. Very cool!

Cottage Jokiniemi in July–June is a great place for catching pike, walleye and perch. We managed
to catch a couple of trophy-size pikes up to 7 - 8 kg as well as perches up to 500 grammes and walleyes up to 2 kg`s.

Pike fishing on Lake Saimaa July 2015

Our host Jari showed us how to carve the fish into fillets. We cooked some of our
catch and put the rest into a freezer. The cottage has a separate 100-liter freezer
especially for fish, which we greatly appreciated. We brought some of the fish
to cook at home .

We also enjoyed the sauna. How nice it is after a day of fishing to have a good
steam, and then run out to the beach and a dip in the cool water of a northern
lake.

Enjoy the atmosphere and sensitive heat of our sauna in Cottage Jokiniemi

Our host Jari helped us with everything. He bought us the necessary fishing
licenses, helped us with rainwear and told us how to smoke fish. He even prepared
a map for us with the target depth of the lake and the most promising fishing
spots!

Fishing Guide and Company Owner Jari Käyhkö

After the week of fishing, we were tired but happy. We had a lot of fun, thanks
to our host Jari for the excellent organization and warm hospitality.

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We offer our guests spinning and trolling trips to the fishing waters near the Fishing Cottage Jokiniemi as well as to the bigger open water areas of Lake Saimaa – they are the best way for you to learn the finest fishing spots and the most reliable techniques.
The Fishing Cottage of Old School Trolling is best suited and especially equipped for sports fishermen groups of 4 to 6 people, families or couples. The pond and river waters right next to the cottage are good for independent angling and spinning and the actual Lake Saimaa areas near the cottage are great for spinning and trolling.